Program Schedule

April 7, 2022 (times will adjust to your time zone)

12:00pm-5:00pm EST, 11:00am-4:00pm CST, 10:00am-3:00pm MTN, 9:00am-2:00pm PST

Introduction

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Introductory Remarks

Matthew Hora, Co-Director of the Center for Research on College Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Panels

11:15 AM - 12:10 PM: New research on unpaid internships

Joshua Kahn (NACE) with new data on disparities in unpaid internship participation from NACE, James Jones (Rutgers University) on racial disparities among interns in Congress, Hongwei Yu (CCWT) with new data on obstacles to internships/task-supervisor quality by internship type from the National Survey of College Internships (NSCI), and Nidia Bañuelos (UW-Madison) on measurement issues with internship research w/focus on social capital and community cultural wealth.

12:10 PM - 12:15 PM: Break

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM: Fundraising to subsidize unpaid internships: How can employers, educators, and policymakers secure funds to pay all interns?

Annie Weinschenk (Assistant Director, University of Maryland Baltimore County) on the Maryland Technology Internship Program), Jessica Klyn (Central College, Iowa) on Federal Work Study off-campus employment, Emily Pettinato (Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce) on Small Business Internship Fund, and Carlos Mark Vera (Pay Our Interns) on recent successes in DC funding govt internships

01:15 PM - 02:10 PM: Campus based strategies for change: What are some success stories at the campus level for ensuring that all student interns are paid?

Kathleen Rause (UW-Madison SuccessWorks) on raising funds to subsidize unpaid internships, Dwayne Peterson (New College of Florida) on the Community-Driven Internship Program, Lana Farley (University of Baltimore) on FWS and the Job Location and Development (JLD) program, and Gregory McElveen (Fayetteville State University) on FSU's initiatives to increase paid internships including a new employer relations position.

2:10 PM - 2:15 PM: Break

Breakout Sessions

02:15 PM - 03:15 PM: Lightning rounds of more strategies for funding and supporting internships.

Professionals from across the country will share success stories, lessons learned, and facilitate discussions about how you can implement these strategies in your own work. Patrick Green (Loyola University Chicago), Stephen Meno (Suffolk University), and Don DeMaria (University of Georgia), will facilitate this session. Speakers include:

Kate Durso (University of Cincinnati) on the Service-Learning Co-op Program,
Kaytee Johns (Nevada State College) and Kristin Schrader (Parker Dewey) on Scorpion Intern Funding Program
Megan Hollis (Virginia Commonwealth University) on the Internship Funding Program
Andrew Miller (Loyola University Chicago) on Social Justice Internship Program, ASPIRE Scholarship, and other Funding Programs
Sarah Rosenthal (New York University) on NYU Changemaker Fellowship
Benjamin William Trager and Laurie Marks (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) on Federal Work Study Internship Funding Model

Next Steps: Working Session

03:15 PM - 04:00 PM: Working session on developing a national strategy to address unpaid internships.

Help us craft a new national and cross-sector "call to action" for ensuring that all internships are paid. Facilitated by Lakeisha Mathews (University of Baltimore) and Greg Weight (New York University).